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Just bought my first box of Clanrats this evening. I bought them from a shop that is . . . less than enthusiastic, shall we say, about supporting the GW products they carry.

While sitting here assembling them, I started to wonder about ranking these guys up considering their somewhat unwieldy tails. This sort of took me by surprise because I just read a few days ago that the new Clanrats' tails were much improved in this regard. So I started to browse a google image search and . . .

. . . lo and behold, I managed to buy ye olde Clansrats.



So . . . how do people think these guys would fit into a block of ye new Clansrats? My feeling is they would look terrible interspersed. But I know someone around here must have some firsthand experience in this regard. And if my instinct is correct, I'm wondering what I should use them for. They're definitely too well armored to be slaves. The store in question had another box of these guys and I've been thinking about going back to buy them. That way, one 40-rat maniple is old skewl and another is new.

Any ideas?


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After browsing around a bit, I found this image of some old Clanrats from an UnderEmpire user called Nordic:



With rusty/oxidized armor and no shields, they do look pretty slavish. I was thinking that I could paint their cloth bits a camo green . . . maybe give them a Clan Pestilens feel.

My buddy has a few of them mixed into his new clanrats just to show everyone that he was with Skaven before 8th edition, so they won't think he just jumped on the Skaven bandwagon. Just throw them in there and say "warpstone does wierd things to them."

Nice suggestion, eledamris. I can't say these guys are proof I've been with the ratmen from time immemorial--not only because I am totally new to Skaven but also especially given that I bought them entirely by accident.

So here's an update on my soon-to-be slaves . . .



These guys are indeed a huge pain in the butt to rank up.

Ah yes my arch nemesis ranking large blocks of Clan Rats up personally I'd utterly mix them up they're anarchic Ratmen Legions they should look scruff undisciplined and random.

I agree, the Skaven are a slipshod and ramshackle lot. I just don't know if the difference between the old sculpts and the new ones would convey that rather than simply looking out of place. The new Clanrats are pretty scary looking. (Perhaps the WHFB version of GrimDark? Teh Warhams is SERIOUS BUSINESS.) These old ones are a bit more cartoonish. They do have a lot of personality, however.

And here's the first rat done . . . ish. I'm not satisfied with the basing but don't have any flock on hand. Suggestions on that are very welcome. And criticism of the painting is welcome, too. (Apologies for the poor camera work.)

I think they would fit in OK with the new rats, Maybe you should add some of the new plastic shields or swords on to them so that they blend a little better.

I agree with cain, you can't mix arms cause the new ones are thinner and less hairy but the shields could be swapped.

A unifying paintjob will be the thing that makes the difference, in big ranks they will be pretty well hidden I think.

Or you could paint them up as clan moulder and say they have been heavily mutated?

I had the same problem with the old rat ogre kit but a head swap and some GS fixed the problem, honestly those cartoon heads bug me!

BLACKHAND wrote:Or you could paint them up as clan moulder and say they have been heavily mutated?

I've actually been wondering whether the clans have color schemes. Is this the case?


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The second of the batch. The pictures are really awful, so I'm sorry for that. Looks like painting isn't the only thing I need more practice with . . . I really think this guy looks better than his pictures, which seem a bit pixelated. The paint is admittedly a bit heavy but it doesn't look quite that chalky to my eyes.

I know that the different clans have different symbols for their flags, not sure about colour schemes though, If I was to go for clan moulder I would probably go for white with a ton of wash to give it a grimy look, kinda like a whole clan of mad doctors. Maybe splatter them with blood a bit.

On second thoughts that might be a bit extreme, just thinking!

Another Clan Rat. I enjoyed working on his face but am not happy with the cowl. Bubonic Brown is a weird color for cloth.

On the plus side, I really like this one's pose.

Very cool stuff. I just spent the morning playing battle march as Skaven.

Battle march?

A 360 Whfb game. Basically a RTS.